President François Hollande tries his hand at a spot of archery during a visit to meet members of France's 2012 Olympic team at their training headquarters of Insep (The French National Institute for Sport and Physical Education) in Paris

The mud is also flying in West Dover, Vermont as a competitor swims underneath electrified wires during the Tough Mudder, a 9-mile endurance event which runs competitors through a military style obstacle course complete with mud, water and fire

Public servants raise their arms in a demonstration against the Spanish government's latest austerity measures, in central Madrid. Government employees including police officers, firefighters, and healthcare workers, joined the spontaneous protest after conservative PM Mariano Rajoy announced the latest measures to lower Spain's deficit, an austerity package including an increase in VAT and cuts in unemployment benefits

Israeli president Shimon Peres and US secretary of state Hillary Clinton look to be sharing a fond moment after their meeting in Jerusalem. Clinton held top-level talks with Israeli leaders expected to focus on changes sweeping the Middle East, as well as Iran and the stalled peace process

This beautiful spectacle where women carrying torches make their way into the sea is undertaken at the annual Shirahama Ama Women Divers festival, in Shirahama city, Japan. Fifty villagers dressed as Ama divers performed a ritual swim to pay homage to the ama tradition of free diving and pray for good fortune in the fishing community